Home of Davíð Stefánsson

The relatives of the poet Davíð Stefánsson from Fagriskógur gave to Akureyri the house at Bjarkarstígur, which the poet built and lived in until his death in 1964. His living quarters are on the upper floor of the house, preserved in the same condition as when he lived in the house. This area contains the poet´s library, impressive in quality and number of volumes.

On the lower floor is an apartment reserved for free use by artists and scholars on the sole condition that those who stay there are supposed to present in some form, in Akureyri, the work they are engaged in within their field of artistic or scholarly expertise.